Story: Canoeing and rafting

Paul Caffyn

Paul Caffyn

In the 1970s Paul Caffyn was the first kayaker to circumnavigate the North and South islands and Stewart Island. He went on to set other long-distance kayaking records. Here he is seen on his trip around the South Island in 1977–78, surfing into Saint Kilda Beach, Dunedin.

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Otago Daily Times
Reference: 13 April 1978, p. 1

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Nancy Swarbrick, 'Canoeing and rafting - Rafting and kayaking since the 1980s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/13088/paul-caffyn (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 24 Sep 2007, updated 18 Jul 2016